World Teachers’ Day: Fayemi hails Ekiti teachers for dedication, commitment

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has commended Ekiti teachers for their dedication and commitment to building the education sector to the enviable heights it had reached.

Fayemi, who said this in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday during the 2022 World Teachers Day noted that the commendable attitude of teachers informed the various exploits his administration has recorded in the education sector, urging them to brace up for the task ahead as the new administration would take the baton of leadership in few days.

The governor noted that the quality of their teaching and the friendly learning environment provided in schools resulted in increased enrolment of children in schools.

This, he said, culminated in the establishment of additional ten secondary schools in 2021.

Fayemi added that a total 1,558 teachers were employed and 886 projects executed between 2016 and 2020 . They include construction of new blocks of classrooms, perimeter fencing, modern toilets, renovation of old blocks of classrooms and provision of school furniture among others.

The highpoint of the ceremony attended by teachers from the 16 local government and 19 LCDAs was the presentation of cheques of N10million each to the best teacher in Primary and secondary schools categories. The beneficiaries are Adeyemi Omolade of SUBEB Model School, Omuo Ekiti for the Primary category and kupolati Mary of Ilejemeje Community High School, Iye Ekiti for the Primary Category.

Other awards include twenty-six consolation prizes of N100,000 each cutting across both Primary and secondary schools while the first runners-up got N1million each and the second runners-up got N500,000 each.